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  Accounting and Finance Curriculum  
Additional Admission Requirements:
The prospective student must have passed Mathematics OR Accounting at Grade 12 or an equivalent level.
 
Courses
• National Certificate Accounting and Finance
• National Diploma Accounting and Finance
• B. Tech. Accounting and Finance
 
First Year - National Certificate Accounting and Finance
(Offered Full Time, Part Time and Distance Education)
Semester One
Course Title Course code Pre-requisites
Financial Accounting 1A FAC111S Grade 12 Accounting /Mathematics

Introduction to Mathematics
(Business & Management)

 ITM111S None
Economics 1A ECN111S None
Principles of Information Systems 1A PIS111S None
Commercial Law 1A CML111S None
English Communication Module 4 ECM0400 English Proficiency Test
 
Semester Two
Course Title Course code Pre-requisites
Financial Accounting 1B FAC112S Financial Accounting 1A
Quantitative Methods 1 QTM112S Introduction to Mathematics
(Business &  Management)
Economics 1B ECN112S None
Principles of Information Systems 1B PIS112S Principles of Information Systems 1A
Commercial Law 1B CML112S Commercial Law 1A
Introduction to Mathematics
(Business & Management)
(if not yet taken)		 ITM111S None
English Communication Module 4
(if not yet taken)		 ECM0400 English Proficiency Test
 
Note: Candidates may apply for exemption from Introduction to Mathematics (Business &
Management) if they have obtained at least a B symbol in IGCSE Mathematics or
equivalent. 
 
Second Year - National Diploma Accounting and Finance
(Offered Full Time, Part Time and Distance Education)
Semester Three
Course Title Course code Pre-requisites
Financial Accounting 2A FAC211S Financial Accounting 1A + 1B
Quantitative Methods 2A QTM211S Quantitative Methods 1
Cost & Management Accounting 1A CMA211S Financial Accounting 1A + 1B
Company Law 1A CLW111S Commercial Law 1A + 1B
Business Management 1A BMA111S None
 
Semester Four
Course Title Course code Pre-requisites
Financial Accounting 2B FAC212S Financial Accounting 1A + 1B
Quantitative Methods 2B QTM212S Quantitative Methods 1
Cost & Management Accounting 1B CMA212S Cost & Management Accounting 1A
Company Law 1B CLW112S Company Law 1A
Business Management 1B BMA112S None
                                   
 
   
   
Third Year - National Diploma Accounting and Finance
(Offered Full Time, Part Time and Distance Education)
Semester Five
Course Title Course code Pre-requisites
Financial Accounting 3A FAC311S Financial Accounting 2A + 2B
Cost & Management Accounting 2A CMA311S Cost & Manag. Accounting 1A + 1B
Taxation 1A TAX311S Financial Accounting 2A + 2B
Auditing 1A AUD311S Financial Accounting 2A + 2B
Computerised Accounting 1 CAC111S Financial Accounting 2A + 2B
 
Semester Six
Course Title Course code Pre-requisites
Financial Accounting 3B FAC312S Financial Accounting 2A + 2B
Cost & Management Accounting 2B CMA312S Cost & Manag. Accounting 1A + 1B
Taxation 1B TAX312S Taxation 1A (sub-minimum)
Auditing 1B AUD312S Auditing 1A
Computerised Accounting 1 (if not yet taken) CAC111S Financial Accounting 2A + 2B
Fourth Year - Bachelor of Technology Accounting and Finance
(Offered Full Time and Part Time)
Additional Admission Requirements: Diploma in Accounting or equivalent (preference given
to students with work experience).(Offered Full-Time over 1 academic year and Part Time
over 2 academic years)
Semester Seven
Course Title Course code Pre-requisites
Financial Accounting 4A FAC411S Financial Accounting 3A + 3B
Managerial Finance 1A MAF411S Financial Accounting 3A + 3B plus
Quantitative Methods 2A + 2B, or
Statistical Methods 1A + 1B
Advanced Organisational Development AOD111S Business Management 1A + 1B
Management Information Systems 1 MIS111S None
Taxation 2 TAX411S Taxation 1A + 1B
Management Accounting & Control 1A MAC411S

Cost & Management Accounting 2A + 2B
plus Quantitative Methods 2A + 2B
Research Methodology RMA411S Quantitative Methods 2A + 2B
or Statistical Methods 1A + 1B
 
Semester Eight
Course Title Course code Pre-requisites
Managerial Finance 1B MAF412S Financial Accounting 3A + 3B plus
Quantitative Methods 2A + 2B or
Statistical Methods 1A + 1B
Research Project RPB112S Research Methodology
Auditing 2 AUD412S Auditing 1A + 1B
Management Accounting & Control 1B MAC412S Cost & Management Accounting 2A + 2B
plus Quantitative Methods 2A + 2B
Management Information Systems 2 MIS212S Management Information Systems 1
Financial Accounting 4B FAC412S Financial Accounting 3A + 3B
Advanced Organisational Management AOM112S Business Management 1A + 1B
 
                                   
 
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